I was checking my local area on FlightAware this afternoon, and it showed an AA 777 ducking in to MSP (but this must have been the one that went back to ORD). Of course then the red light goes off that ORD is having problems. Sure enough they were getting hit with a thunderstorm. Funny that the 777 turned back around. It was already halfway through it's approach procedure to MSP.

I was at a baseball game in Peoria tonight and saw an AAMD-80 fly over on approach, so I called my dad and he said that two AA Mad Dogs landed in PIA. (One from PHX and one from LAS). Also, I saw a Shuttle America E-170 leaving after its diversion from MSY-ORD. Looking on Flightaware now, it shows that a JetBlue 320 from LGB also landed in PIA.

Quoting Ocracoke (Reply 19):Maybe they only have staffing/international gate space to handle a couple of flights, and then that is it?

MKE would be hard-pressed to clear more than one widebody at a time for facilities reasons. Also, I'm not sure anyone has equipment to unload cans at MKE; it's been some time since NW had DC-10 service.

Quoting Ocracoke (Reply 19):I don't know what MKE has for customs. Maybe they only have staffing/international gate space to handle a couple of flights, and then that is it?

They don't regularly staff their International Arrivals building, but there was a scheduled NW flight from CUN due in later that evening so they must've had people ready. I think they might have bused the Swiss flight passengers down to ORD because when I got there none of the lights were on inside the plane and there were some airstairs pulled up at the front. Here's some pics of the building itself:

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